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I always dreamed of leading a team of IT professionals in creating cutting-edge solutions for Africa.

Every home should have access to a computer and the internet.

As a founder of an NGO, we mostly rely on support both in cash and kind to expand to many other communities.

They must capitalize on technology to learn new skills or improve on their skills.

It is a volunteer led, after-school digital fun club that equips children between the ages of 8-17 years with coding skills.

I admired the IT consultants so much, especially the only lady among them.

My advice is that girls must ignore pressure to pursue a different field.

Things like interactive stories, websites, games and animation.

Being named as one of the 100 inspirational women in the world by BBC in 2015 is a great achievement.

I got into the STEM field because I started working as a secretary and fell in love with Information Technology.

We are always looking for support and donations to carry out our plans successfully!

We also hope to organise an inter school competition to see the impact of creativity, problem-solving and collaborative skills within our code club members.

Technology is the catalyst to development in every country so Ghana also needs to emphasise its importance and steer resources towards technological advancement.

This passion emerged when I worked for an IT firm in Accra back in 2000 as a secretary.

We have piloted with five schools and are ready to be launched into the majority of schools in Ghana during the first quarter of 2016.

I wanted Ghanaian kids to create the same exciting digital stuff kids in the developed world were creating.

I got in touch with a web designer who for a small fee introduced me to the basics of HTML.

We have learnt to overcome them by introducing more computer science unplugged activities.

We lack a lot of resources that can enable us to scale and tinker a lot.

Empowering over 10,000 elementary school children with basic programming skills in Ghana directly or indirectly is another great achievement.

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